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Focus on your own Inner Power, so it will release you from limitations.
You can heal yourself and others, as long as your heart is in the right place.
Fact: In the United States 1.3 women are forcibly raped each minute--National Center for Crime Victims Research Center.
RAINN: Rape Abuse & Incest National Network
The Nations largest anti-sexual assault organization and operates The National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE. http://www.rainn.org/
Fact: Non-stranger rape usually occurs in the victims home (48%) or in or near a friends home--The Department of Justice.
The National Center for Victims of Crime
The National Center for Victims of Crime works to make sure all crime victims get the assistance and information they need. We are committed to doing our best to help you. http://www.ncvc.org
Fact: Nearly 1/3 of American women (31%) report either being physically or sexually abused by their husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives--Commonwealth Fund Survey
National Domestic Violence Hotline
We believe that every caller deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. We believe that every family deserves to live in a world free from violence. We believe that safe homes and safe families are the foundation of a safe society. http://www.ndvh.org/
Fact: It is estimated that 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year in the United States--National Institute of Justice
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The Mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives. http://www.ncadv.org/
Fact: 92% of all domestic violence incidents crimes are committed by men against women--Violence Against Women Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Women's Institute for Incorporation Therapy
WIIT offers a safe environment where women can experience the support and assistance they need to regain their lives. WIIT offers inpatient and intensive outpatient programs. http://wiit.com
Fact: The National Women's Study shows that 84% or rape survivors did not report the rape to police.
The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV) designs, provides, and customizes training and consultation, influences policy, promotes collaboration and enhances diversity with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. They can help. http://www.ncdsv.org
Fact: One in five female highschool students report being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner--Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Study
Family Violence Prevention Fund
The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community, to help those whose lives are devastated by violence because everyone has the right to live free of violence.
http://endabuse.org/about/
Fact: Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime--Ending Violence Against Women. Population Reports
V-Day
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations.
http://www.vday.org/main.html
Safe Horizon
Safe Horizon is the largest provider of domestic violence services in the country. Collaborating with the criminal justice system, Safe Horizon offers innovative programs that provide women with support throughout the complex process of leaving violent relationships and building safe futures. For survivors of domestic violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault, Safe Horizon offers services that help them and their children move toward safe and independent violence-free lives.
http://www.safehorizon.org/index.php?nav=nb
Fact: As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy--Maternal and Child Health Journal 2000
Stop Family Violence
Stop Family Violence's mission is to organize and amplify our nation's collective voice against family violence.
http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org
Fact: Abusers frequently seek to exert financial control their partners by actively interfering with their ability to work, including preventing their partners from going to work, harassing their partners at work, limiting the access of their partners to cash or transportation, and sabotaging the child care arrangements of their partners-Trapped in Poverty Trapped By Abuse: New Evidence Documenting the Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Welfare
Stalkingvictims.com
Once you've been a victim, you'll know how life-destroying this can be. The purpose of this site is to educate people about this insidious crime, and most importantly, to offer sanctuary to those exposed to its ugly face.
http://www.stalkingvictims.com/
FACT: Seventy-five percent of all assaults are planned in advance. When three or more assailants are involved, 90% are planned. If two assailants are involved, 83% are planned. With one assailant, 58% are planned.
The Voices and Faces Project
The Voices and Faces Project is a non-profit national survivor network created to give voice and face to survivors of sexual violence, offering a sense of solidarity and possibility to those who have lived through abuse, while raising awareness of how this human rights and public health issue impacts victims, families and communities.
http://www.voicesandfaces.org/index.asp
Fact: In the Rape in America study, 60% of the women who reported being raped were under 18 years old: 29.3% were less than 11 years old, 32.3% were between 11 and 17, 22.2% were between 18 and 24, 7.1% were between 25 and 29, 6.1% were older than 29, 3.0% age was not available.
Rape Treatment Center of Santa Monica
The RTC provides comprehensive, free treatment for sexual assault victims, including 24-hour emergency medical care and forensic services, counseling and psychotherapy, advocacy, and accompaniment services; training for police, prosecutors, judges, medical and mental health personnel, and other providers of rape victim services; prevention/education programs for children, adolescents, and college students; community education; consultation for schools, the media, government agencies, and other organizations; and educational films and publications that are distributed nationwide.
http://www.911rape.org/
Fact:
Many rape victims experience what is referred to as Rape-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (also called Rape Trauma Syndrome). The four major symptoms of this are:
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Re-Experiencing the Trauma
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Social Withdrawal
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Avoidance Behaviors and Actions
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Increased Physiological Arousal Characteristics
